How to Pitch a Guest Post to Editors at 104 Major Publications

Often the toughest part of pitching big-name publications is figuring out how to do it. Is anyone actually going to read your brilliant pitch if you send it to submissions@publication.com?

To give your message the best chance at being read, you need to figure out who to contact — maybe the assigning editor, or at a larger publication, the editor of a particular vertical. But how do you get that editor’s email address?

Everything you need to pitch big outlets

Created by Jon Morrow and the team at Boost Blog Traffic, The Big Black Book covers 104 big-name blogs and online publications, for Business Insider and Forbes to TechCrunch and Lifehacker. It even has a whole section dedicated to social media and blogging sites.

Each entry includes a short profile of the outlet, along with links to submission guidelines, tips for getting your pitch accepted, and most importantly, the editor’s name and email address.

Yeah, we meant it when we said it was awesome.

How to get your hands on The Big Black Book

The process for getting ahold of this list is a little convoluted, but bear with us — it’s worth it.

STEP 2: Next, check your email for a link to the guide. Give it a read, or save it for later. When you scroll to the bottom of that guide, you’ll see an orange button that reads “Download Our Rolodex of Editors.”

STEP 3: Finally, click that button, and you’ll see the sales page for The Big Black Book. It costs just $7.

If you’ve ever spent more than an hour stalking an editor on Twitter or Googling different combinations of “Fast Company editor email,” you know what a good deal that is — in fact, we can’t believe Morrow and his team aren’t charging more for this information. Go ahead and download it!

Get busy pitching

With this list in hand, you’ll know exactly who to contact and how to do it. So draw up your guest posting target list and get to work!

Did you download The Big Black Book? If so, let us know in the comments whether you found it helpful!

Heather van der Hoop is a senior editor at The Penny Hoarder and was previously assistant editor of The Write Life. Outside of work, she can usually be found playing Jeopardy!, reading about the latest scientific advances and climbing rocks, mountains, and trees.

Hey! I did download it, but in the Huffington Post Section it suggests we find the contact information for the individual editors rather than pitch using the on-line form. It says “See our separate guide – The Huffington Post Editorial Contacts – for a full list of known contacts.” Where do I find this? By the way, this is what I paid $7 for.

Hi Rachel,
I suspect that information is in the freebie the Boost Blog Traffic team offers when you first sign up. I hope you find the other editorial contacts in the guide just as helpful!
Thanks for reading,
Lisa Rowan
Editor

I got a copy recently and still studying it, but my question is, how do I pitch the editors, do I straight forward send them my articles or how do I go about it, am a beginner in guest blogging so please help me.